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[resent] [ GLSA 200911-04 ] dstat: Untrusted search path

execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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dstat is a versatile system resource monitor written in Python.

Affected packages
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rPSA-2007-0268-1 kdebase

    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5963

Description:
    Previous versions of the kdebase package are vulnerable to Denials of
    Service in which a local user can render KDM unusable for logins by any
    user or cause KDM to exceed system resource limits.
    
    In its default configuration, rPath Linux 1 is not vulnerable to the
    Denial of Service against KDM logins.

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0268



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